”to arrive at the simplest truth, as newton knew and
practiced, requires years of contemplation. Not activity
Not reasoning. Not calculating. Not busy
behaviour of any kind. not reading. not talking. not
making an effort. Not thinking. Simply bearing in mind
what it is one needs to know. And yet those with the
courage to tread this path to real discovery are not
only offered practically no guidance on how to do so,
they are actively discouraged and have to set abut
it in secret, pretending meanwhile to be diligently
en”gaged in the frantic diversions and to conform with
the deadening personal opinions which are continually

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being thrust upon them.” George Spencer Brown.
”Mathematicians have long since regarded it as
demeaning to work on problems related to elementary

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geometry in two or three dimensions, in spite of the
fact that it it precisely this sort of mathematics which
is of practical value.” Grünbaum, Branko

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“mathematicians do not study objects, but relations
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between objects. thus,
they are free to replace some
objects by others so long as the relations remain
unchanged.
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interested in form only.“
jules henri poincaré

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Beauchef black

57�
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Beauchef light

50�
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69�
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28�
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“geometry is the science of correct
reasoning on incorrect figures.”
george polyá